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Crisis-Ready Teams
Data-Driven Lessons from Aviation, Nuclear Power, Emergency Medicine, and Mine Rescue
Mary J. Waller and Seth A. Kaplan

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Contents
Introduction: Teams and Crises
1How Teams Respond to Rare, Catastrophic Events: An Overview
Part I: Setting the Tone for a Crisis Response
2Tone, Timing, and Patterns
3How Trauma Teams and Flight Crews Set the Tone
4How Seaport and MBA Crisis Teams Share Information and Avoid Solution Fixation
Part II: Adapting on the Fly
5To Adapt With Routines or Without Them?
6How Flight Crews and Nuclear Plant Crews Adapt During Crises
7How the NEADS Team Adapted to the Nonsensical on 9/11
Part III: Finding the Balance
8Team Leaders & Tensions
9How Nuclear Plant Crews Balance Routine and Improvisation
10How Flight Crews Balance Planning and Acting
11How Mine Rescue Teams Go Slow to Go Fast
Part IV: Helping Teams Become Crisis-Ready
12Designing High-Performing Teams for Crises
13Training High-Performing Teams for Crises
14Enhancing Team Resilience for Crises
15The Ethics of Crisis Preparation